I believe that Landau was robbed of an Oscar for Crimes and Misdemeanors. Yeah, Denzel was great in Glory and Marlon Brando did what he had to do in A Dry White Season, but Landau’s performance was so….I have no words for his performance.

If just for the whipping scene, I would definitely give this to Denzel. So simple and yet so powerful……but it is also hard knowing that you have two almost borderline leading performances that were both wonderful in this category: Danny Aiello and Martin Landau.

So, I’d rank it as follows:

Denzel WashingtonMartin Landau (honestly all three of his nominations were worthy to be considered for or actually get a win for him IMO)Danny AielloMarlon BrandoDan Aykroyd (didn’t hate him though)